Mexico

2009

So Far From God, So Close to Wall St.

Jeff Faux : NAFTA

Mexico's troubles illustrate the destructive effects of NAFTA's neoliberal economics.
The Border Violence Myth

Gabriel Arana : Drug Policy/Drug War

The national media have invented a drug-related crime wave that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.
A Day Without Tourists: Tijuana Versus the Plague

Mike Davis

What Mexico, now the picture of hell to many of us, looks like through local eyes from a Chevy Silverado.
Blowback at the Border

Peter Schrag : Drug Policy/Drug War

Drug prohibition and unregulated guns gave us the Mexican drug wars.
Refugees From Mexico Drug War Flee to US

Andrew Becker : Drug Policy/Drug War

The escalating war near America's southern border is driving embattled Mexicans to seek safety in the United States. What if the tide of violence follows them?

Alone Among the Ghosts

Marcela Valdes : Fiction

Roberto Bolaño's last novel, 2666, is his most profound exploration of art and infamy, craft and crime, the writer and the totalitarian state.
Mexico's Drug Problem--and Ours

Nicholas von Hoffman : Drug Policy/Drug War

Drug-related violence tearing Mexican society apart. Is America next?
Colombia's Heart of Darkness in NYC--and DC

Bill Weinberg : Colombia

Colombia paramilitary leaders extradited to face stiff US drug charges will dodge accountability for their atrocities. Rights watchers say their victims now have little chance for justice.
The People vs. Michael Chertoff

Brett Story : Texas

To build a fence on the US border with Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security seized land without trials or negotiations.
Right to Strike Imperiled in Cananea

David Bacon : Labor Organizing & Activism

If the Mexican government and Grupo Mexico succeed in smashing a miners' strike, the reverberations will be felt even across the US border.
Zapatista Code Red

Naomi Klein

Ten years after the massacre of indigenous people in Chiapas, Zapatistas are reading signs that the Mexican government is poised for another wave of repression.

Citi's Mexican Cronies

Jeff Faux : Banks & Banking

As megabanks seek a subprime bailout, take a lesson from Mexico. Taxpayers of the world, hold on to your wallets.
Mexico Floods, America Shrugs

Florencia Soto Nino-Martinez : Environment

Massive floods cause widespread devastation; while other nations rush in with aid, Mexico's closest neighbor has barely responded.
Murder in Monterrey

Felicia Mello : Latinos

A labor organizer was beaten to death after exposing exploitative labor practices in the United States and Mexico.
Bolaño in Mexico

Carmen Boullosa : Poetry

As a young writer in the 1970s, Roberto Bolaño was expected to choose between two rival factions of Mexican poets. He chose both.

Mad Mel and the Maya

Earl Shorris : Native Americans

Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.
Que Pasa en Oaxaca?

Michael McCaughan

A virtual state of siege prevails in Oaxaca, where military police have occupied the central square, clearing barricades and detaining scores of activists.